Dataset of analyzes performed to determine the level and timing of selected organic pollutants' inputs in sediments of the Lake of Cavazzo (Italy)

Sarah Pizzini; Silvia Giuliani; Alina Polonia; Rossano Piazza; Luca Giorgio Bellucci; Beatrice Orlando; Andrea Gambaro; Luca Gasperini

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2022.108633

Dataset of analyzes performed to determine the level and timing of selected organic pollutants' inputs in sediments of the Lake of Cavazzo (Italy)

Data Brief. 2022 Sep 23:45:108633. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2022.108633. eCollection 2022 Dec.

Authors

Sarah Pizzini¹, Silvia Giuliani², Alina Polonia², Rossano Piazza¹, Luca Giorgio Bellucci², Beatrice Orlando¹, Andrea Gambaro¹, Luca Gasperini²

Affiliations

¹ DAIS-Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino 155, Venice Mestre (VE) I-30172, Italy.
² ISMAR-CNR, Via Gobetti 101, Bologna I-40129, Italy.

Abstract

This data article presents the dataset collected for selected organic pollutants in the framework of a larger research project aimed at assessing the effects of different environmental stressors (natural and anthropogenic) in sediments of the Lake of Cavazzo, a basin of glacial origin located in a seismically active region of the Italian Eastern Alps. Information relative to sampling strategy and operations, location of sampling sites, sedimentary chronological benchmarks, and profiles of RGB (Red-Green-Blue) color code determined from high resolution photos taken at cores CAV-04 and CAV-06 are reported, together with analytical data for 15 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, 21 polychlorinated biphenyls' congeners (including the non-Aroclor CB-11), 14 polybrominated diphenyl ethers' congeners, and 22 organochlorine pesticides, whose concentrations were determined by Gas Chromatography coupled both to Low-Resolution and High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry. Interpretation of this dataset is fully discussed in the companion article by Pizzini et al. (2022) and relys on the multi-proxy analysis of sediment samples presented in Polonia et al. (2021) that highlighted lake stratigraphy and major changes occurring at a decadal scale since the 1950s.

Keywords: Dataset; Lake of Cavazzo; OrganoChlorine Pesticides (OCPs); PolyBrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs); PolyChlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs); Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs); Sediments.